× Information on this section of ECOLEX comes from the InforMEA Portal which compiled information from MEA Secretariats with the support of the European Union. The accuracy of the information displayed is the responsibility of the originating data source. In case of discrepancy the information as displayed on the respective MEA website prevails. Cooperation between the Basel Convention and the International Maritime Organization Document type Decision Reference number BC-12/16 Date May 3, 2015 SourceUNEP, InforMEA Status Active Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Solid waste Waste disposal Waste domestic sources Food waste Organic waste Waste non-domestic sources Treaty Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Apr 5, 1989) Meeting Meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions (BC COP-12, RC COP-7, SC COP-7) Website www.informea.org Full text UNEP-CHW-COP.12-BC-12-16.Arabic.pdf UNEP-CHW-COP.12-BC-12-16.Chinese.doc UNEP-CHW-COP.12-BC-12-16.Spanish.pdf UNEP-CHW-COP.12-BC-12-16.Spanish.doc UNEP-CHW-COP.12-BC-12-16.French.doc UNEP-CHW-COP.12-BC-12-16.Russian.pdf UNEP-CHW-COP.12-BC-12-16.Arabic.doc UNEP-CHW-COP.12-BC-12-16.English.doc UNEP-CHW-COP.12-BC-12-16.Russian.doc UNEP-CHW-COP.12-BC-12-16.English.pdf UNEP-CHW-COP.12-BC-12-16.French.pdf UNEP-CHW-COP.12-BC-12-16.Chinese.pdf Abstract The Conference of the Parties 1. Takes note of the information contained in the note by the Secretariat on cooperation between the Basel Convention and the International Maritime Organization;(1) 2. Takes note with appreciation of the assessment, prepared by the Public Waste Agency of Flanders, on how far the current Basel Convention technical guidelines address wastes covered by the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto and as further amended by the Protocol of 1997,(2) and encourages parties and others to use it;